THE 25th IAPS JURIED
EXHIBITION
The 2014 Webshow
An Exhibition on the IAPS Website
The 25th Juried Exhibition of the International Association of Pastel
Societies will be hosted on the IAPS website,
www.pastelinternational.com. This is an online exhibition only and
no work will be shipped.
AWARDS: First Place $1,000, Second Place $500, Third Place $300,
Fourth Place $200 and Honorable Mentions $100. Plus The Maggie
Price Award for Excellence $500.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to any artist who has an up-to-date membership
with an IAPS Member Society. Upon acceptance, artists will be
required to show proof of membership (membership card, cancelled
check, or email from society president). A current list of IAPS
member societies can be viewed at www.pastelinternational.com.
ENTRY DEADLINE: The entry form, digital image of work to be
submitted, and payment of the entry fee must be submitted to
OnlineJuriedShows.com no later than October 15, 2014.
ELIGIBLE WORK: Please read carefully to make sure your work
meets the following entry requirements.
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Work must be in dry pastel only. No oil pastels. Mixed media
must be predominantly (80%) dry pastel.
Work must be original, not copied from other artists or
published materials.
All artwork must be originally drawn and not created on top of
a base photo or print.
All work must have been created within the last two years.
Paintings of nudes will be considered for acceptance.
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Works done under supervision (such as in a workshop or class)
are not eligible.
Work may not have been shown in any previous IAPS
Exhibitions.
IMPORTANT DATES
October 15 - Entry deadline
November 10 - Notification
December 12 - Awards announced
All accepted works will be displayed on the IAPS web site and here
on OnlineJuriedShows.com under View Past Shows.
Failure to meet any of the requirements for eligible work may result
in the work not being juried. IAPS reserves the right to exclude
from exhibitions any artwork deemed offensive, or any artwork that
violates the laws of the United States, or of state or local
governments.
IAPS MASTER CIRCLE AND IAPS EMINENT PASTELIST
Honors Awards. Acceptance into this exhibition earns 1 point (even
if more than one image is accepted); an award earns an additional
point. For information about the IAPS Master Circle, Eminent
Pastelist, or the IAPS Code of Ethics, please see the IAPS Honors
page on the IAPS website, www.pastelinternational.com. This
exhibition will be the last where you can earn points towards your
Master Circle or Eminent Pastelist for the 2015 Convention.
PLEASE NOTE: When filling out your information while
entering the show at OnelineJuriedShow.com, please be sure
all information is correct - spelling, title, pricing of your
paintings All information is input by the Artist (who has the
sole access to this information) and is used by IAPS for
reference, printed materials, and online postings.
Please be sure to capitalize your name and title of your
pieces, list the dimensions by HxW, and price.
For example:
Name: Jane Doe
Title: Homeward Bound
Dimensions: 12x24 (for a landscape format) OR
24x12 (for a portrait format)
Price: 500 (No $, no period, no commas)
ENTRY FEE: The entry fee is $35.00 for the first image and $10.00
for each additional image. Up to 5 images may be submitted by an
individual artist. Entry fees are not refundable.
ONLINE ENTRY: Entry is online only. Go to OnlineJuriedShows.com
and scroll down to the 25th IAPS Juried Exhibition. Follow the
directions for entry. You do not need to have a PayPal account to
pay the entry fee online, just a valid credit card.
JURORS AND JUDGE: A panel of three Jurors will select the entries
to be accepted for the exhibition, and a Judge of Awards will choose
the awards.
JUDGE OF AWARDS: Stan Sperlak (www.stansperlak.com) is a
painter, teacher and author who is well known by artists and
students for being intensely dedicated to art history and earth
sciences. His pastel works range from painterly realism to colorist
abstractions primarily of the landscape. Having studied at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sperlak has gone on to
teach painting workshops both nationally and internationally. He is a
signature member of the Pastel Society of America.
JUROR: Leslie Lillien Levy (www.leslielillienlevy.com) is an
award-winning painter who specializes in still life and portraiture.
Her work has been accepted and exhibited in numerous
international, national and regional juried and invitational shows.
She is a Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America and sits on
their Board of Governors. She also holds professional artist
membership in Academic Artists, Allied Artists of America, Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and Connecticut Pastel Society.
JUROR: Colette Odya Smith - In her 20-year love affair with
pastels, Colette Odya Smith (www.coletteodya.smith.net) has
exhibited widely and won numerous awards and recognitions,
including membership in the IAPS Master’s Circle, signature
membership in the Pastel Society of America and Distinguished
Pastelist designation in the Pastel Society of New Mexico. Her work
has been shared in galleries, museums, magazines and other
publications. She brings her teaching background to her workshops,
critiques, writing and jurying/judging.
JUROR: Karen Margulis is a member of the IAPS Master Circle, a
signature member of the Pastel Society of America, and a member
of excellence in the Southeastern Pastel Society. Her paintings have
received recognition in many international exhibitions, including PSA
and IAPS. Karen teaches workshops and classes and shares her
instruction and artwork on her daily blog
(http://kemstudios.blogspot.com).
DIGITAL IMAGE FORMAT: Please follow the instructions carefully
regarding the preparation of your images:
1. Only jpeg image files will be accepted.
2. Required image size is 1920 pixels on the longest side (if it is a
horizontal image, 1920 pixels wide; if a vertical, 1920 pixels
tall). Save your files with a resolution of 72 dpi.
3. Image files must be named as follows:
Your Last name_ First Initial_Title of painting.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Lastname_F_Imagetitle.jpeg
If the image title is long, please abbreviate it.
You can also use the Handy-Dandy Image Resize tool on the Help
page.
If you need help in entering your images or with the website, please
contact help@OnlineJuriedShows.com or by calling 949-287-8645.
NOTIFICATION: All Artists will receive notification by email after
judging is complete. Please add info@onlinejuriedshows.com
to your safe senders list to ensure email delivery. Likewise,
you can view your acceptance by logging in to your Artist Profile
after the notification date.
SALES: Work may be for sale, if the artist wishes. Buyers who
contact IAPS will be referred to the artist for a direct sale. A 30%
donation to IAPS is requested.
Questions?
For questions about the show itself or about IAPS, contact Paula
Ford at Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com.